The Last of Us fans all agree that Isabela Merced’s “outstanding” performance as Dina was a high point of season 2 episode 1

The Last of Us season 2 premiere has now hit the small screen. Set five years after the end of season 1, the new episode introduces several new characters from The Last of Us Part 2.

One of these is Dina, played by Isabela Merced, who lives in the same settlement in Jackson as Ellie (Bella Ramsey), Joel (Pedro Pascal), and Tommy (Gabriel Luna). Dina and Ellie are friends, and the pair’s relationship becomes romantic later in the episode. After only one episode, though, viewers are already big fans of Merced’s “outstanding” and “talented” portrayal of Dina.